Suez Canal Ship Operation’All-Stop’-Maeil Economy

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A super-sized container ship stops at the Suez Canal in Egypt, disrupting the operation of numerous ships in and out of the waterway. Reuters reported on the 24th (local time) that a container ship belonging to the Taiwanese company’Evergreen’ ran aground on the north side of the Suez Canal on the 23rd at 7:40 am (local time), and the use of the canal was stopped. At the end, it was reported that part of the hull was in the water again.

The Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, is the world’s largest canal with a length of 120 miles (about 190 km). It is a key channel for global trade that directly connects Asia and Europe without bypassing the African continent.As of last year, about 19,000 ships and an average of 51.5 ships per day passed through this canal, accounting for 12% of the world’s trade volume. Reportedly, it is a Panamanian shipping container ship named’Ever Given’. The owner is Japan’s Shoei Kisen and the charterer is Taiwanese company’Everglin’. It is the world’s largest container ship with a width of 59m, a length of 400m and a size of 220,000 tons, departing from China and heading for Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Ships blocked the waterway for more than a day, causing other ships to stop operating. Egyptian officials told The Associated Press that they hoped the tugboat would reload the boat, and predicted that the operation would take at least two days.

SCA said it was making every effort to get the stranded ship back in motion.

While the exact cause of the accident has not yet been identified, SCA explained that the reason was due to a strong sand breeze of 40 knots (about 74 km/h), blurred vision and the ship’s ability to control the direction of the ship.

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